Wall-closet.



E. J. HEBERT.

WALL GLOSB'I'.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 18, 1913.

EDWARD J. HEBERT, 0F SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA.

WALL-CLOSET.

Speocation of Letters Patent. i

Patented June 30, 1914;.

Application filed April 18, 1913. Serial No. 762,004.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD J. HEBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shreveport, in the parish of Caddo and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in llVall-Cllosets, df which the following is a specication.

rIhis invention is an improved wall closet comprising a. U-shaped supporting bar adapted to be attached to a wall and a curtain draped aro-und, supported by and depending from the bar and eoacting therewith to form a closet on the wall in which to place clothes and the like and protect the same from dust and dirt7 the invention consisting in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved wall closet of this character which is extremely cheap and simple and which may be readiiy attached to and detached from a wall of a room or apartment.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wall closet constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the upper portion thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional View of the saine.

In the embodiment of my invention, I provide a U-shaped supporting bar 1, the arms 2 of which are at right angles to the intermediate portion 3 and are provided at their inner ends with supporting brackets or bases d: which are adapted to be attached to ay wall of a room or apartment, at a suitable height above the floor by means of screws, nails or other suitable fastening devices, as indicated at 5.

The brackets or bases are provided on their inner sides which are opposed to the wall with recesses 6 to receive the ends of a stretcher bar 7. The supporting bar 1 and stretcher bar 7 are preferably made of metallic rods of suitable gage. A hanger rod S is also provided which has hooks 9 formed at its ends adapted to engage the arms 2 of the U-shaped bar 1 at or near the centers thereof, this hanger rod being employed for the purpose of supporting clothes or suit hangers 10 of usual form which may be suspended therefrom.

A curtain 11 is provided which may be made of any suitable cloth and is provided with a casing 12 around the arms 2 and intermediate portion 3 of the lul-shaped arm. The top 13 of the curtain is stretched between the bar 1 and the bar 7 and has a casing 14 at its inner edge through which the said stretcher bar 7 extends. The front side of the curtain is formed by a pair of flaps 1S which may be secured together by means of buttons or other suitable fastening devices 19.

It is obvious that clothes hung up in the closet will be protected by the curtain thereof from dust and dirt and will also be screened from observation. By raising the curtain access is readily afforded to the contents of the closet. I also provide s-.elves 15 for attachment to the wall` against which the closet is placed, these shelves being carried by vertically arranged bent bars 16, the upper and lower ends of which may be secured to the wail as by means of nails or screws 17.

I claim The herein described wall closet comprising a pair of supporting brackets adapted to be placed in a vertical position against and secured to a wall, said brackets having recesses on their inner sides extending across the same, al horizontally arranged substantially U-shaped supporting bar having its ends tiXedly secured to the said brackets, a stretcher rod disconnected from the supporting bar, and supported by the brackets and having its ends arranged in the recesses thereof, so that said stretcher rod may be removed, and a curtain draped from the supporting bar and having a top portion connected to and stretched between the said U-shaped supporting bar and the said stretcher rod.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDI/VARI) J. HEBERT.

Witnesses z J. I-I. CULrnrrnu, IV. F. Pinoy.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

